Fence-wire clamp.



+1.1. FOLKERTS.

FENCE WIRE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR-20, 1915.

1,146,489. Patented July 13, 1915.

Fusion-WIRE v CLAMP.

Application filed March 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. FoLKnn'rs, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Buffalo Center, in the county of VVinne ba'go and State ofIowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenced/ ireClamps, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fence wire clamps, and has for its primaryobject to provide a simple and eflective device of this character forsecurely clamping a fence wire fabric.

The invention has for one of its more particular Objects to provide aclamping device for the above purpose, embodying two clamping sections,bolts fixed in one of said sections and having clamping nuts threadedthereon for engagement with the other section, said latter section beingprovided with means whereby the same may be removed from the boltswithout necessitating the complete removal of the clamping nuts.

The invention has for an additional detail object to provide improvedmeans for mounting and securing bolts in one of the clamping bars orsections, whereby the same are permanently held in connection therewithand liability of their loss thus obviated.

With the above and other objects in View, my invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved fence wire clamp; Fig. 2 isa vertical section through the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of one of the bolt locking plates.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 and Specification of LettersTatent.

Patented July 13,1615.

Serial N 0. 15,922.

allel portions 12- and 1.3. The portion 12 of the locking plate has arectangular opening 14 formed therein to receive the rectangular shankportion 10 of the bolt 8. The other portion 13 of the locking plate isbowed or outwardly curved, as at 15, from the opposed portion 12 of saidplate to accommodate the bolt head 9. Upon opposite sides of this curvedportion 15 of the locking plate, the parallel portions of the plate areprovided with openings to receive screws, indicated at 16, which areadapted to be threaded into the clamping bar 5. screw securing theextremities of the locking plate to the clamping bar, also serves toforce the curved portion 15 of the locking plate into frictionalclamping engagement upon the bolt head. It will be manifest that, by theprovision of these locking through the opening in the bar andpossibility of its loss, by disconnection from the bar, is alsoobviated.

The clamping bar 6 is formed with. longitudinally extending slots,indicated at 17, which have one of their ends circularly enlarged, as at18. Through the slots 17, the bolts 8 project, and upon the ends of thebolts, the clamping nuts 19 are threaded. To the outer face of the bar6, the metal plates 20 are secured, said plates extending around theslots 17 in the bar and providing wear plates for the clamping nuts 19to act against. It will be noted that these nuts are of less diameterthan the diameter of the enlarged end portions 18 of the slots 17. Thus,in order to disconnect the clamping bar 6 from the bar 5, it is onlynecessary to loosen the nuts and then shift the bar 6 longitudinallywith respect to the bar 5, so that the former may be moved outwardlyupon the bolts, the enlarged ends 18 of the slots passing over theclamping nuts 19.

My improved clamping device is adapted to be employed in the usualmanner for the clamping of wire fence fabric, indicated at 21. The baris arranged upon one side of the wire fabric with the bolts 8 extendingbetween the strands or meshes thereof, and the clamping bar 6 is thendisposed upon the opposite side of the wire fabric and the The bolts 8extended through the slots 17 in the latter bar. The nuts 19 are nowengaged upon the bolts and threaded inwardly into clamping engagementagainst the wear plates 20 on the bar 6. The two bars 5 and 6 are thusdrawn together and securely clamped upon opposite sides of the wirefabric.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have produced a simple,efficient, and. highly serviceable wire fence clamp, the parts of whichmay be easily and quickly connected and secured in operative engagementwith the wire fence fabric or readily disconnected and removed withoutnecessitating the manipulation of numerous clamping nuts or analogouselements. As only the two bars are separated or disconnected, all of theother elements remaining in assembled relation, the parts are, at alltimes, accessible and in condition for immediate use. In view of thesimplicity of the several elements employed in the construction of myinvention, it will be further seen that the same can be produced atsmall manufacturing cost and is also extremely durable and highlyserviceable in practical use.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction andarrangement of the several cooperating parts, it will be understood thatthe device is susceptible of considerable modification therein, and I,therefore, reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimatechanges as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 2-- 1. Thecombination with a clamping member, of a bolt extending therethroughhaving a head on one end and a rectangular shank portion adjacent saidhead, a locking plate provided with a rectangular opening therein toreceive the square shank portion of the bolt, said plate including arelatively movable portion to extend over and bear upon the head of thebolt, and fastening screws disposed through the body of the plate andsaid latter portion thereof to fasten the same to the clamp member.

2. The combination with a clamping mem- .ber, of a bolt extendingtherethrough having a head on one end and a rectangular shank portionadjacent thereto, a locking plate bent upon itself intermediate of itsends to provide substantially parallel portions, one of said portionshaving a rectangular opening therein to receive the HENRY J. FOLKERTS.

Witnesses:

F. L. SHARON, E. E. SAPP.

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